U.S. Air Force officers and enlistees usually live with their families on or near their home, or permanent, duty station. When they are assigned a tour in which their families cannot live with them, the service members may be eligible for a monthly family separation allowance, sometimes called family separation pay, of $250 per month.

Conditions

Air Force members qualify for the monthly family separation allowance by meeting one of four conditions: Government expense for moving family members to a new permanent station is not authorized. Air Force members elect to not bring their families to their new stations because a family member cannot be moved for medical reasons. Air Force members are on duty aboard a ship that is away from the home port for more than 30 days. Or, Air Force members are assigned temporary duty for more than 30 days, and their families are not living at or near their temporary duty stations.

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